ANOTHER LUCA!!! Luca Marrelli meets with media after being selected in the 3rd round, 86th overall.

ANOTHER LUCA!!! Luca Marrelli meets with media after being selected in the 3rd round, 86th overall.

how does it feel unreal like can’t really describe it really just brings out like the little kid in you just dreaming a plan of in the NHL one day and getting drafted and now your dream’s kind of coming true what have the last 36 hours been like how was this morning and how was the sleep last night honestly like I wasn’t super stressed out like I knew I was going to get picked I just didn’t know when or where the sleep was pretty good except for the fact my dad was snoring the whole time but um yeah I slept pretty good in this morning just met up with my family walked over and just didn’t really have any expectations just wanted to come here with a positive attitude and you know what kind of it worked out I could be happier what have the generals meant to your development getting to this moment well the generals they they really they gave me an opportunity right my first year I was fifth round pick made the team out of camp and they took me in developed me and really kind of molded me into the player I am uh Roger hunt uh drik lock have been really big my development Rulo our owner has been absolutely unreal just giving us everything that we need and this whole generals organization from top to bottom has been instrumental in my development how has Derrick blackall helped you grow as a player yeah he’s been he’s been great he was really really hard in us at the start but you know we started to get to know him as a as a person and not just our coach and I think that’s helped us a lot in just kind of buying in and you know what he really cares about us and we really care about him and I think that’s a really really good relationship because we’re willing to do whatever he says and put it all out there for him and our teammates how do you feel the Deep playoff run helped your draft stock continue grow well I think a deep playoff run helps anybody’s drafts off for sure like you win games or your team does good and you do good individually right so I think that helped for sure I don’t think it’s the reason I’m drafted today but I think it was a it was a good experience and I’m looking forward to next year hopefully going a little bit further how do you uh describe your game and and you know who you are as a as a player yeah I would say I’m a smart two-way guy I play well on both sides of the puck I think the biggest thing for me is my kind of my patience my poise my AB ility to distribute the puck and find lanes and turn defense into offense um I think that I can play PK play power play and I can kind of do it all for a team whatever it takes to win did you have like meetings or anything with the Blue Jackets like when they picked you oh yeah or something like that or no uh like I met with them a couple times just throughout the year and then I met with him at the combine but I didn’t really think anything of it it wasn’t really one of those teams that was on my radar per se but you know what I couldn’t be happier

Luca Marrelli joins the Blue Jackets after being selected 86th overall in the 3rd round of the #NHL Draft at Sphere in Las Vegas. He met with the media to talk about the emotions and the next steps in his career.

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